Baytown: Jeg Coughlin Saturday summary

Jeg Will Start Race Day From the No. 4 Spot
Jeg Coughlin continued to show strength on the final day of qualifying.
The 33-year old 45-time NHRA national event winner posted a run of 6.751
at 205.51 mph during the third qualifying session. He...

Jeg Will Start Race Day From the No. 4 Spot

Jeg Coughlin continued to show strength on the final day of qualifying.
The 33-year old 45-time NHRA national event winner posted a run of 6.751
at 205.51 mph during the third qualifying session. He posted the fourth
quickest run of the session and was No. 2 in speed. In fact, the 205.51
mph run was the fastest run Jeg has made in his career at a NHRA national
event.

"We are making solid runs and we still have room to improve," said Jeg.
"We made two changes to our set up for the third qualifying session and
the car responded well."

The final qualifying session gave teams a look at what to expect for
conditions on race day. Jeg launched from the starting line and the car
immediately went sideways and Jeg was forced to shut off.

"We thought we would see how aggressive we could get with the track
during the last qualifying session," said Jeg. "Obviously, we went too
far and we were just flat out too aggressive for the conditions we had.
I think we are armed with a lot of solid data going into race day and we
will be a threat to win."

In the opening round Jeg will face off against Bruce Allen. The match up
will put a Chevy Cavalier and Pontiac Grand Am head-to-head.